Section 165.111

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

Chapter 165

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   

  165.111.  Financial report published annually, when — state aid not to be paid until report received, penalty — audit summary published, when. — 1.  The school board of each district, for any year for which it does not cause an audit to be performed by October thirty-first after the close of the school year, shall make and publish, not later than September first, in some newspaper as described in section 493.050 published in the school district, and if there is none then in some newspaper of general circulation within the district, a statement of all receipts of school moneys, when and from what source derived, and all expenditures, and on what account; also, the present indebtedness of the district and its nature, and the rate of taxation for all purposes for the year.  The statement shall be duly attested by the president and secretary of the board, and the secretary shall forward a copy to the state board of education on forms prescribed by the board.

  2.  The state board of education shall not release the state aid apportioned to the district for the next ensuing school year until a copy of the required statement has been received at its office in Jefferson City and has been approved by it.  Any school board which fails, refuses or neglects to order the statement to be made, and any officer of the board who fails, refuses, or neglects to prepare, publish and forward the statement, as required by this section, when ordered by the board, is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars.  Annual or biennial audit summaries shall be published according to section 165.121.

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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 6-11, A.L. 1988 S.B. 789, A.L. 1996 S.B. 926)

(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.360)